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Eben Alexander III, MD
Chairman and Chief Science Officer
Dr. Eben Alexander III has been an academic neurosurgeon for the last 25 years, including
15 years at the Brigham & Women's Hospital, the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in
Boston. Over those years he has personally dealt with hundreds of patients suffering from severe
alterations in their level of consciousness. Many of those patients were rendered comatose by trauma,
brain tumors, ruptured aneurysms, infections, or stroke. In his academic career he has authored or
co-authored over 150 chapters and papers in peer reviewed journals, and made over 200 presentations at
conferences and medical centers around the world. He thought he had a very good idea of how the brain
generates consciousness, mind and spirit.
In the predawn hours of November 10, 2008, he was driven into coma by a rare and mysterious
bacterial meningitis-encephalitis of unknown cause. He spent a week in coma on a ventilator, his
prospects for survival diminishing rapidly. On the seventh day, to the surprise of everyone, he started to
awaken. Memories of his life had been completely deleted inside of the coma, yet he awoke with
memories of a fantastic odyssey deep into another realm – more real than this earthly one! His older son
advised him to write down everything he could remember about his journey, before he read anything
about near-death experiences, physics or cosmology. Six weeks later, he completed his initial recording
of his remarkable journey, totaling over 20,000 words in length. Then he started reading, and was
astonished by the insights his journey brought to the world’s literature on near-death experiences, and to
all phenomena of extended consciousness. His experience clearly revealed that we are conscious in spite
of our brain – that, in fact, consciousness is at the root of all existence.
He has been blessed with a complete recovery and shares his most powerful, life-changing story
in his book, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife. His story offers a crucial key
to the understanding of reality and human consciousness. It will have a major effect on how we view
spirituality, soul and the non-material realm. In analyzing his experience, including the scientific
possibilities and grand implications, he envisions a more complete reconciliation of modern science
and spirituality as a natural product.
Through his nonprofit organization, Eternea, Dr. Alexander has dedicated himself to sharing
this information, promoting further research on the unifying elements of science and spirituality, and
encouraging people to be inspired by the power of unconditional love in their daily lives and in their
work in their communities.
When not speaking or conducting research, Dr. Alexander enjoys spending time with his two
sons, his wife and friends. He also enjoys hiking, climbing, SCUBA diving, snow skiing and tennis.